Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (MS) 

Bengaluru, Oct 13: A massive five-day hunt for a tigress, which is believed to have killed three people, yielded result and the tigress was caught alive. The forest department had deployed drones, cameras and elephants, in addition to five teams in order to catch the tigress. 

The catch was confirmed by Sanjai Mohan, principal chief conservator of forests (wildlife). He said that the teams were able to tranquilize the tigress at around 2 pm on Sunday, October 13. It will be taken in a cage to the Mysuru Zoo where it will be rehabilitated.

According to an eyewitness, one team among the five, tranquilized the tigress and the animal is in an unconscious state as of now. It was captured within the limits of Maguvanahalli inside the Bandipur National Park, which is a heavily forested area. 

"As the team which has tranquilized the tigress is in deep forest it is not possible to have clear communication but it is confirmed that the tigress is caught and is being transferred to a cage in order to transport it," said Sanjai Mohan. 

It was a herculean task by the forest department as it deployed 140 camera traps, six elephants, drones and 150 men for this operation. This tigress is alleged to have killed two farmers in the month of September and one so far in the month of October.